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those who believe we're in recession are much likely to disapprove of president obama's job performance and skeptical about participating in the financial system. if you believe that we're in a recession, you are 65-28 disapprove, approve of the job that the president's doing. if you believe that we are still in a recession, 41% tracking pretty much along with the sample as a whole, 5 # 3 #-411 believe that -- 5 #1-41 believe it's too risky. if you believe we're not in a recession, you are likely to be approving of the president's job versus the sample as a whole, quite dramatically, and you are much more likely to believe the financial system is safe and reliable, and, again, i think what's important among this is it underlies contours of those who believe we recovered, the upper third talked about, a third of the sample who are feeling that, okay, that is bind us now, and we are facing the future versus those who still feel they are gripping through results of the events of 2008 and 2009. then looking in terms of how americans assess whether or not they keep up with their responsibili
those who believe we're in recession are much likely to disapprove of president obama's job performance and skeptical about participating in the financial system. if you believe that we're in a recession, you are 65-28 disapprove, approve of the job that the president's doing. if you believe that we are still in a recession, 41% tracking pretty much along with the sample as a whole, 5 # 3 #-411 believe that -- 5 #1-41 believe it's too risky. if you believe we're not in a recession, you are...
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: we are running out time here, capitol hill hearings in a moment, but what have you heard from the obama administration on when this state department report will be finalized? guest: we do not really hear much more than anyone else years, to be honest. our ceo was meeting with the state department last week. what we are looking at is we expect to see a final environmental impact statement issued by the state department sometime towards the end of the year. if you just look through the process, we are probably looking at something around three months or four months, give or take, is issued.inal eis sometime in the first quarter, early in the second quarter next year, i would expect a decision on this. >> we want to thank our guest -- host: we want to thank you for joining us for joining us from cushing, oklahoma this morning. appreciate your time. guest: happy to do it. thank you, greta. host: thank you for welcoming us to the terminal there and oklahoma, enbridge, one of 13 companies operating stories and oklahoma.ge that ends the coverage this morning on "the washington journal." we wil
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but whether or not president president obama lied, i don't believe that, but he is very disingenuous with all the statements. saying that you could have kept your policy if you would like it, and i think that the result of all of this will be millions more, people are going to lose their policies and they will jump ship from the democratic policy and the republicans are going to get exactly what they wanted all along in next year's midterm election and the presidential election in the obama administration will be swept out of office and everyone will jump ship to the republican side be able to go back to the affordable care act before came through in my situation, this is something that i can't imagine no one anticipating this. i am retired, and when i retired my employer sponsored plan, my rates quintupled. i pay five times a month more now than when i was working and i got married after i retired and i'm not allowed to add my wife to my plan and my wife has the low minimum qualification plan and she just had a termination on it. we tried to sign up for insurance and pay for private
but whether or not president president obama lied, i don't believe that, but he is very disingenuous with all the statements. saying that you could have kept your policy if you would like it, and i think that the result of all of this will be millions more, people are going to lose their policies and they will jump ship from the democratic policy and the republicans are going to get exactly what they wanted all along in next year's midterm election and the presidential election in the obama...
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they credit the obama administration with a couple of things. first of all getting through the free trade agreements we have negotiated at the end of our term is actually a major accomplishment for which they deserve credit. and i wish that they would have been more aggressive in laying out the future. >> let's be serious here, trade. >> i at silencing serious? [applause] >> on a high-end estimate, i'm all for the free-trade agreements. on the high-end estimate, it is a 10th of a percent of it. of those in a high-end estimate of the rest of it, it is way under half a percent of gdp. so it's good in a lot of ways, but it's just not good. can we just understand what the rules world and what the environment was. on equipment, which is about 70 to 75% of corporate investments. in the first year would you buy the car you get to deduct the whole thing from your taxes. and by the way, the interest rate at which you could borrow whistler than the second world war and the idea that had this deductibility in borrowing costs is somehow the high cost of cap
they credit the obama administration with a couple of things. first of all getting through the free trade agreements we have negotiated at the end of our term is actually a major accomplishment for which they deserve credit. and i wish that they would have been more aggressive in laying out the future. >> let's be serious here, trade. >> i at silencing serious? [applause] >> on a high-end estimate, i'm all for the free-trade agreements. on the high-end estimate, it is a 10th...
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it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only care for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states senate. the greatest deliberative body in the world, the only legislative body i am aware of where a majority does not get to do anything it wants to at any point without confrontation with the minority. so i am not interested in discussing a possible reprisal. i do not think it is good for the senate. there is a lot of nervousness on the democratic side. they are in a panic about obamacare. the majority leader is desperately trying to change the subject. we want to get back on the subject. for most americans look for what they are thinking about right now is they are losing their h
it is obama ii. it is another partisan political maneuver to permit the democratic majority to do whatever it wants to do. in this case might go to advance the president's regulatory agenda. the only care for it that i know is an election. >> [inaudible] how will republicans respond? >> i do not think this is a time to be talking about reprisals. i think it is a time to be sad about what has been done to the united states senate. the greatest deliberative body in the world, the only...
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then, president obama is in dallas am talking about the law. later, remarks calling for a delay in implementing the health care law. >> coming up on the next differentn journal," types of renewable energy and the politics shaping the industry. brune michael brown -- cost about the obama administration policy on climate change. u.s. solarains the energy street and his company's plan to create the world's largest solo project. later, a report on the 2013 wind industry slowdown. live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the head of the consumer financial protection bureau is morningwed thursday about consumer protection priorities. you can see it live starting at 8:10 a.m. eastern on c-span two. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] aboutm concerned pakistan. i always want pakistan to overcome its dysfunction, for pakistan's sake. it out of love for pakistan. it has to love and realize as a canon no other nation stretch you and make your size bigger than your ne
then, president obama is in dallas am talking about the law. later, remarks calling for a delay in implementing the health care law. >> coming up on the next differentn journal," types of renewable energy and the politics shaping the industry. brune michael brown -- cost about the obama administration policy on climate change. u.s. solarains the energy street and his company's plan to create the world's largest solo project. later, a report on the 2013 wind industry slowdown. live...
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why isn't obama fixing this? they are leaving one million people right now without health insurance that they could immediately fix. there is not a lot of logic to that. but that's ok. we have gone through barriers before. we have gone through struggles before. if you stick to doing the right thing, we will get it done. i want all of you to remember that as challenging as this may seem sometimes, as frustrating as healthcare.gov may be sometimes, we will get this done. do, not if, when we do, we will have families across this great state of texas that the have the security and well-being of high quality affordable health insurance. and that is going to be good for business. it means that all the providers around here instead of taking folks to the emergency room, they have customers who have insurance. those of you that already have health insurance, your premiums will not be subsidizing folks that don't have health insurance. people will get preventive care which means that people are likely to be healthier. pow
why isn't obama fixing this? they are leaving one million people right now without health insurance that they could immediately fix. there is not a lot of logic to that. but that's ok. we have gone through barriers before. we have gone through struggles before. if you stick to doing the right thing, we will get it done. i want all of you to remember that as challenging as this may seem sometimes, as frustrating as healthcare.gov may be sometimes, we will get this done. do, not if, when we do,...
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the obama administration wrote policies talking about grandfathering. grandfathering means if you had a plan that didn't meet the standards you to keep it if the insurer decided so long as it was purchased before march 2010 and the rules of the road said as long as purchased before march the 2010 with the law was adopted and no substantial changes have been made. the rules defined a substantial change. there are actually fairly minor. if you or your insurer increased her deductible by 15% or more in able to keep premiums down which many people do in the individual market. they often increase their deductible in order to keep the premium down. that would kick you out of the grandfathered status. your plan with the more likely to -- >> host: what about the caller pointing to having to pay for things like maternity coverage is a healthy young man. why was it written in the rules that he can't find a plan without those things? >> guest: i'm getting a lot of questions like that as well. why do i have to pay for maternity coverage? i am healthy and why do i h
the obama administration wrote policies talking about grandfathering. grandfathering means if you had a plan that didn't meet the standards you to keep it if the insurer decided so long as it was purchased before march 2010 and the rules of the road said as long as purchased before march the 2010 with the law was adopted and no substantial changes have been made. the rules defined a substantial change. there are actually fairly minor. if you or your insurer increased her deductible by 15% or...
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the obama administration has repeatedly made clear that it values the u.k./u.s. relationship as two people in congress, other parts of the u.s. public life. the use of the term central relationship when president obama visitedip the uk in 2011 k think was intended to underscore the relevance and operational vl value of the content relationship and to show that neither side was tisimply relyid on history and sentiment. i think that is important. after five years of the obama administration i think it's a presiden cardinalt' feature of the president foreign policy, that one of america's strengths is its ability to attract and maintain strong allies. i think the administration realized it hadn't got that message across adequately when they entered office in 2009, ant they put more emphasis on it now, both in relation to europe and other allies. europe is no longer the principal object of american foreign policy. that's been a big change since the cold war. instead, our value is asing witt partners in dealing with the world's political, economic and security problems
the obama administration has repeatedly made clear that it values the u.k./u.s. relationship as two people in congress, other parts of the u.s. public life. the use of the term central relationship when president obama visitedip the uk in 2011 k think was intended to underscore the relevance and operational vl value of the content relationship and to show that neither side was tisimply relyid on history and sentiment. i think that is important. after five years of the obama administration i...
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and romney won by seven and obama won by 11. support republicans are talking about a smaller slice of the pie. so it just doesn't work for republicans. but i think that there will always be something of a gender gap because i think that if you were -- worried about stumbling into stereotypes, i think it was chris matthews who used to say that we have two parties in this country, a mom party and a dad party and the mom party is very caring and nurturing. this includes education and nutrition and many said that fiscal responsibility -- and these gross stereotypes? of course they are. but the thing about it is if you're going to design a party specifically for the white male voters, it looks a lot like the republican party and if you were designing a party to look at -- looking after other voters, it would look like the democratic party. and so some of this is inherent and will be there no matter what. and i have to think that if republicans -- i don't think we need to liberal parties in this country, but if they deemphasized and t
and romney won by seven and obama won by 11. support republicans are talking about a smaller slice of the pie. so it just doesn't work for republicans. but i think that there will always be something of a gender gap because i think that if you were -- worried about stumbling into stereotypes, i think it was chris matthews who used to say that we have two parties in this country, a mom party and a dad party and the mom party is very caring and nurturing. this includes education and nutrition and...
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now, madam president, despite the repeated promises of president obama, millions of people are losing their health insurance, health insurance they very much liked and were assured they could keep. it has been reported that so far 3.5 million americans have lost their health insurance under obamacare. that includes over a quarter of a million in my state of kentucky, a third of a million in florida, and almost a million people out in california. this is a serious problem that the president and congressional democrats need to do something about. the obvious answer is repeal. but in the meantime, the legislation offered by senator ron johnson would help americans keep the plans they have and like. if the president and senate democrats are serious about helping the millions of american who was unexpectedly lost their insurance over the past several weeks, then they should support it. unfortunately, they appear ready to ignore the problem. rather than focusing on keeping their commitment to the american people, they're focusing on things that appeal to their base. rather than change the l
now, madam president, despite the repeated promises of president obama, millions of people are losing their health insurance, health insurance they very much liked and were assured they could keep. it has been reported that so far 3.5 million americans have lost their health insurance under obamacare. that includes over a quarter of a million in my state of kentucky, a third of a million in florida, and almost a million people out in california. this is a serious problem that the president and...
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president obama says -- quote -- "we are remaking the courts." senator schumer, "our strat i sy will be to nominate four more people for each of those vacancies. we will fill up the d.c. circuit one way or the other." "one way or the other." no limit to what we'll do to fill these slots that are not needed. senator harry reid, "i switched the majority. people don't focus much on the d.c. circuit. it is, some say, even more important than the supreme court." i've heard conservatives somewhat make that statement but that is totally wrong. it's not that important a circuit. it's an important circuit, occasionally key administrative rulings get filed in the d.c. circuit and they never get appealed to the supreme court. their decision may be final on some administrative power. but it is not equivalent to the supreme court, nowhere close. and you can see it based on how few cases they actually handle. senator reid goes on to say, "we need at least one more. there are three vacancies. we need at least one more and that will switch the majority." apparen
president obama says -- quote -- "we are remaking the courts." senator schumer, "our strat i sy will be to nominate four more people for each of those vacancies. we will fill up the d.c. circuit one way or the other." "one way or the other." no limit to what we'll do to fill these slots that are not needed. senator harry reid, "i switched the majority. people don't focus much on the d.c. circuit. it is, some say, even more important than the supreme...
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state, you have -- there is a lot of discontent about obama care. [indiscernible] what do you make of these moves? are there legitimate reasons to be really concerned? >> this is kind of like the guy who robbed the bank and has a bag of money and goes to the car and gets caught. you guys the money. sorry. it does not work that way with voters. i have watched this play out with a friend. he was chastising the president for not being truthful. or if there have been pointed out that he had the same claim on his own website. people that are getting caught red-handed and her co-conspirators in this. you cannot get away from that. you cannot get away from your votes are your statements. -- tos this thing called document all of that. hold them accountable, as you should. i think they are in real trouble. that told me panic had arrived. >> we will next go to francine, lauren, and stephanie. francine. >> if you look at the latest developments strictly from a policy point of view, whether it is the president executive order or whether it is the upton bill are
state, you have -- there is a lot of discontent about obama care. [indiscernible] what do you make of these moves? are there legitimate reasons to be really concerned? >> this is kind of like the guy who robbed the bank and has a bag of money and goes to the car and gets caught. you guys the money. sorry. it does not work that way with voters. i have watched this play out with a friend. he was chastising the president for not being truthful. or if there have been pointed out that he had...
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[applause] it was great to hear from president obama yesterday. he said when you bet on america, that that pays off. -- that bet pays off. i could not agree more. he also announced that the select usa program will be stepping up its game in a number of ways. attracting business investment will be a major priority for commerce and the state department, including our foreign commercial service officers and our ambassadors. senior government officials, including the president himself, would do more than directly advocate for investment deals. we will create a single point of contact to provide you with a coordinated federal support and cut the red tape. and we will do more to support the great work of the economic development organization at the regional state and city level. to provide a sports analogy it'll serve as a quarterback for increasing business investment in the united states. in addition, i should note that the president once again calls for congress to provide full funding for select usa in his budget. select usa already provides a great
[applause] it was great to hear from president obama yesterday. he said when you bet on america, that that pays off. -- that bet pays off. i could not agree more. he also announced that the select usa program will be stepping up its game in a number of ways. attracting business investment will be a major priority for commerce and the state department, including our foreign commercial service officers and our ambassadors. senior government officials, including the president himself, would do...
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speaker, president obama misled the american people about obamacare and now he has admitted it. here is a letter to me from a small business owner in my district. my husband and i have a small medical education business and ever since obamacare passed our business has been cut in half, doctors are not spending money on education, so for the last four years our business is really suffered. and we were told we could keep our insurance. we had good insurance, not junk. we currently pay $514 per month with a $2000 deductible. we were canceled as of december 31. we will need to pay $1900 per month, which we cannot afford. so much for affordable health care. this is the first time in 30 years that we might not be able to have health insurance. we have always run our life, not depending on the government for handouts, and now we are losing our insurance. i ask you, what are we to do? americans are suffering. yes, something was wrong and i believe that something needed to be done, but not this. it is time to keep a promise to the american people. i yield back. the department of homeland
speaker, president obama misled the american people about obamacare and now he has admitted it. here is a letter to me from a small business owner in my district. my husband and i have a small medical education business and ever since obamacare passed our business has been cut in half, doctors are not spending money on education, so for the last four years our business is really suffered. and we were told we could keep our insurance. we had good insurance, not junk. we currently pay $514 per...
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president obama said if we like our insurance, we would be able to keep it. that was obviously untrue. ". that's untrue." i got an e-mail on october 7. said i've been self-employed for 1 years and have never been without health iven assurance. three years ago i was diagnosed with multiple scle loss sis. having a preexisting condition was not a problem for me as i had never let my insurance lafments my medication cost would be $4,000 per month without insurance. i received notice they were going to cancel my plan and i had to sign up for new coverage through the health insurance exchange. if my coverage is not in place before january 1 i will have to go without my medications. this will cause permanent disabilities, blindness and problems walking. any plan i find that would cover me channels me back to signing up through the exchange. i'm a small business owner and a productive member of society. i own my own house. now 50eu78 in trouble. we call this woman and we discuss this. it turned out there were two options available to her through the exchange. one opt
president obama said if we like our insurance, we would be able to keep it. that was obviously untrue. ". that's untrue." i got an e-mail on october 7. said i've been self-employed for 1 years and have never been without health iven assurance. three years ago i was diagnosed with multiple scle loss sis. having a preexisting condition was not a problem for me as i had never let my insurance lafments my medication cost would be $4,000 per month without insurance. i received notice they...
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again, that from president obama. how speaker john boehner opposes the employment nondiscrimination act and says that the house will not vote on the legislation. >> you're watching c-span2 at politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate and this includes key public policy events and the latest nonfiction authors and books. you can see past programs and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> texas governor rick perry ran for president last year and he came in fifth place. he is back speaking at the polk county republican dinner and you can see his speech live on our companion networks c-span tonight at about 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> president obama was fund-raising in dallas yesterday and rick perry fundraising in iowa this evening and todd gilman is the washington bureau chief it joins us by phone today. tom gillman come out you are writing that the president comes to texas being one of the chief sources of resistance of health care law. what did the president accomp
again, that from president obama. how speaker john boehner opposes the employment nondiscrimination act and says that the house will not vote on the legislation. >> you're watching c-span2 at politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate and this includes key public policy events and the latest nonfiction authors and books. you can see past programs and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> texas governor rick perry ran for...
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you've got a president named obama. [laughter] [applause] what makes us american is our shared belief in certain enduring principles. allegiance to a set of ideals, to a creed, to the enduring promise of this country , and our shared responsibility is to leave this country more generous, more hopeful than we found it. and if we stay true to that history, if we get immigration reform across the finish line, and it is there, just within our grasp, if we can just get folks in washington to go ahead and do what needs to be done, were going to grow our economy, were going to make our country more secure. will strengthen our families, -- most importantly among most important, we will live up to our character as a nation. [indiscernible] exactly what we are talking about. that's why we are here. >> at the same time, you have the power to -- >> actually, i don't. and that's why we're here. [indiscernible] x don't worry about it, guys. these guys don't need to go. let me finish. you can stay there. hold on a second. [applause] i
you've got a president named obama. [laughter] [applause] what makes us american is our shared belief in certain enduring principles. allegiance to a set of ideals, to a creed, to the enduring promise of this country , and our shared responsibility is to leave this country more generous, more hopeful than we found it. and if we stay true to that history, if we get immigration reform across the finish line, and it is there, just within our grasp, if we can just get folks in washington to go...
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president obama has made five nominations to the d.c. circuit, and if the republicans filibuster george wilkins sai t, as they have threatened, then four o of five of president obama's nominees will have been fiblged. some of the finest attorneys in the country, some of the most outstanding women who have ever been nominated for federal judgeship, were all filibustered and stopped by the republicans over the last several weeks. my republican colleagues say, this is an argument about caseloads. there's just not enough work to justify these judges. doesn't make sense. my republican colleagues were eager to confirm nominees for the ninth, tenth, and 11th seats on the d.c. circuit when twases a republican president. you didn't hear them even talk about caseload then. this is a manufactured excuse for them to filibuster an obama nominee. when it comes to d.c. circuit nominees by our current democratic president, it looks like we'll see four times as many filibusters as confirmations. this is unacceptable. it is disgraceful. these jcialg vacan
president obama has made five nominations to the d.c. circuit, and if the republicans filibuster george wilkins sai t, as they have threatened, then four o of five of president obama's nominees will have been fiblged. some of the finest attorneys in the country, some of the most outstanding women who have ever been nominated for federal judgeship, were all filibustered and stopped by the republicans over the last several weeks. my republican colleagues say, this is an argument about caseloads....
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barack obama, 2012, 52%, carried 209 congressional districts, mitt romney carried 226. one of the reasons you have republican majority in the house of representatives is demography. away that americans have spread themselves about the country and the resulting political, resulting political gridlock. so a certain amount of political conflict is built into our system, built into it by current and recent surges of migration and by james madison and 39 other men, no women, who signed the constitution in 1787 who set up separate branches of government and said the president runs the government, the congress funds it. i have fought that implies a certain amount of duty of consultation between people in the different branches of government. there has been less of that recently than there has been in other historic times but conflict is fair and it is in our system. with two parties competing pretty closely, we can look forward to more of the same. with that, i have an article in the wall street journal tomorrow morning on the opinion page that expands further on this. let me
barack obama, 2012, 52%, carried 209 congressional districts, mitt romney carried 226. one of the reasons you have republican majority in the house of representatives is demography. away that americans have spread themselves about the country and the resulting political, resulting political gridlock. so a certain amount of political conflict is built into our system, built into it by current and recent surges of migration and by james madison and 39 other men, no women, who signed the...
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it's the legacy of barack obama and always will be. let's get over this and stop the mischievous, misfortunate speeches out here every day about how bad it is. talk about the good things in this bill, and help us to make it better. now, mr. president, this afternoon this senate will vote to advance the employment nondiscrimination abilit act, legislation that would protect all americans from workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. vote on final passage will occur shortly after the caucus, and that actually will start before the caucus votes -- i mean, before the caucus adjourns. so we'll start voting at 1:45 this afternoon. i do hope and expect a bipartisan vote, a good one, to extend safeguards against workplace harassment and discrimination to every american. the time has come for congress to pass a federal law that ensures all citizens, regardless of where they live, can go to work not afraid of who they are. more than 80% of the american people feel that is already the law. they feel that is already the law. well, it
it's the legacy of barack obama and always will be. let's get over this and stop the mischievous, misfortunate speeches out here every day about how bad it is. talk about the good things in this bill, and help us to make it better. now, mr. president, this afternoon this senate will vote to advance the employment nondiscrimination abilit act, legislation that would protect all americans from workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. vote on final passage will occur shortly after the...
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, plus five bush judges and five obama judges. i thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: madam president, i want to echo at least some of the sentiment that my distinguished colleague from tennessee just mentioned, that i'm disappointed in the use of the nuclear option. i opposed that. and i think that it could do permanent damage here to this institution and could have some negative ramifications for our country and for the american people. i don't want to be an alarmist about it but i do have concerns about it and i'm very disappointed that it got to this point. and i want to talk about that in just a moment but before i do, i'd like to say, you know, the senate if you step back, the senate was designed to be a place for debate. it's where members -- the way it's designed, the way the rules are structured, the size of it, the history of it, the members here can reach across the aisle and find solutions and that's what this country needs righ
, plus five bush judges and five obama judges. i thank the president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: madam president, i want to echo at least some of the sentiment that my distinguished colleague from tennessee just mentioned, that i'm disappointed in the use of the nuclear option. i opposed that. and i think that it could do permanent damage here to this institution and could have some negative ramifications for our...
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on october 15th, politico reporting that if the on line system for getting into obama care is rickety, the system for getting out of the mandate doesn't even exist yet. hhs says it will take another month at least for the administration to finalize the forms for the hardship exemption from the individual mandate. why has it taken 3 1/2 years to finalize a simple application form for an exemption from the individual mandate? >> sir, as you know, the individual mandate is not in place until next year. we have made it very clear that if somebody is medicaid eligible in a state that doesn't choose -- >> my last question and my last second. 16 million people in the individual market have or will receive cancellation notices stating their health insurance coverage does not meet minimum coverage requirements of the affordable care act. it grants you the power to determine the criteria for hardship exemption. will you provide all of these individuals a hardship exemption since the affordable care act is taking away their plan? will do you that? >> no, sir. and i think those numbers are far fr
on october 15th, politico reporting that if the on line system for getting into obama care is rickety, the system for getting out of the mandate doesn't even exist yet. hhs says it will take another month at least for the administration to finalize the forms for the hardship exemption from the individual mandate. why has it taken 3 1/2 years to finalize a simple application form for an exemption from the individual mandate? >> sir, as you know, the individual mandate is not in place until...
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president obama -- president clinton says prez obama, honor your pledge and let people keep your insurance even if it means changing the law. the housebroken are readying a bill to do just that on the house floor this week. the house oversight government reform committee kicked off today a series of hearings looking at the rollout of the affordable care act. our coverage on www.c-span.org 9:30 this morning. meanwhile, house and senate conferees meet this morning to hash out
president obama -- president clinton says prez obama, honor your pledge and let people keep your insurance even if it means changing the law. the housebroken are readying a bill to do just that on the house floor this week. the house oversight government reform committee kicked off today a series of hearings looking at the rollout of the affordable care act. our coverage on www.c-span.org 9:30 this morning. meanwhile, house and senate conferees meet this morning to hash out
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president obama is meeting with the prime minister of iraq. the prime minister yesterday talked about this country's progress in political transition. he spoke at the u.s. institute of peace in washington. bipartisanan -- a group of senators said the prime minister is not doing enough about violence in his country. he responded to those concerns. >> [indiscernible] >> we apologize for the slight delay. hagel's fault. for those of you who do not know, the institute, putting it simply, stops fights around the world, and doing so in partnership with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, the mystic and foreign. we work closely with the state usaid, defense department, with the government of iraq, and many others in order to prevent, and resolve violent conflict. i would like to recognize some of the folks here today. of course, prime minister maladie, thank you for returning to the institute. have the minister of foreign defense the minister of advisor,ional security and both members of the council of representatives. the ambassador to t
president obama is meeting with the prime minister of iraq. the prime minister yesterday talked about this country's progress in political transition. he spoke at the u.s. institute of peace in washington. bipartisanan -- a group of senators said the prime minister is not doing enough about violence in his country. he responded to those concerns. >> [indiscernible] >> we apologize for the slight delay. hagel's fault. for those of you who do not know, the institute, putting it...
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president obama why it. they know that these people like having a plan. they didn't cover hospitalization like the lady said earlier that have lifetime caps, and yearly caps. apparently the corporate media knows that these individual people getting cancellations did not like those plans. i'm assuming people didn't like those plans because you pay for something and you didn't get anything back. >> host: eric brings up the president's statement made several times over the years, something that glenn kessler of the fact checkers of "the washington post" looked up and gave the president a four pinocchio rating on the statement that if you like your health care plan you will be allowed to keep your health care plan, period. no one will take it away in a matter what. julie appleby? >> guest: the president has been watching that in the recent days. we heard him in boston last week he said the house majority of people that have health insurance at work you can keep it. succumbed some of these plans were not that effective or helpful for folks. this is why this ma
president obama why it. they know that these people like having a plan. they didn't cover hospitalization like the lady said earlier that have lifetime caps, and yearly caps. apparently the corporate media knows that these individual people getting cancellations did not like those plans. i'm assuming people didn't like those plans because you pay for something and you didn't get anything back. >> host: eric brings up the president's statement made several times over the years, something...
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circuit that aren't needed, republicans had stopped a grand total of two of president obama's judicial nominees. not ten, as the democrats had by president bush's fifth term in office, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to suggest earlier this week. no, two have been stopped. and if you include the nominees for the d.c. circuit, we've stopped a grand total of five. again, not ten as the democrats had done in 2005, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to argue earlier this week, but five. during the same time, we've confirmed 209 lower court article 3 judges, that's a record of 209 judges approved, to five that were not approved. so this threat isn't based on any crisis. there is no crisis. i'd note that today's "wall street journal" editorial entitled "d.c. circuit breakers" -- quote --"the white house wants to pack a court whose judges are underworked" -- end of quote, lays out a caseload pretty clearly, and i'd ask that this editorial be made a part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: so this is about a naked power grab and nothing more than a pow
circuit that aren't needed, republicans had stopped a grand total of two of president obama's judicial nominees. not ten, as the democrats had by president bush's fifth term in office, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to suggest earlier this week. no, two have been stopped. and if you include the nominees for the d.c. circuit, we've stopped a grand total of five. again, not ten as the democrats had done in 2005, not 34 as one of my colleagues tried to argue earlier this week, but five....
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what did we hear from president obama today? >> the sense -- president said that he had an administrative solution that would allow insurance companies to continue selling plans they were selling in 2013 into 2014. this is one year of transitional relief to people who got cancellation notices. so chairman fred upton of the congress committee has a bill on the house floor on friday that does something similar. how does his bill differ from president obama's? >> it is technical but the upton bill would allow insurance companies to keep open these plans and sell them to anybody. what the president is proposing is that those plans can exist for only the people who already have the coverage. insurance -- it limits how many people can get a hold of these plans which don't have the insurance protections that the affordable care act has. the president says it is 2014tant to have in the post-obamacare, post-affordable care act world. >> the health care law has been the focal point for the past week or so. and inc. tomorrow on this debate
what did we hear from president obama today? >> the sense -- president said that he had an administrative solution that would allow insurance companies to continue selling plans they were selling in 2013 into 2014. this is one year of transitional relief to people who got cancellation notices. so chairman fred upton of the congress committee has a bill on the house floor on friday that does something similar. how does his bill differ from president obama's? >> it is technical but...
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panetta, who served president nixon, president clinton, and president obama. he does not be old orient to -- bend or yield to cynicism. he is faithful to his job and to sound governance. thend his wife have created panetta institute at stanford and are now devoted to teaching the next generation that public service is a high calling, that civility and integrity matter in democracy. an organization committed to protecting america's securities, we can think of no better on a noree honoring the -- ho but the man who presided over the attack and disruption of al thea, but who shepherded changes to civil rights and opportunities here at home. his leadership and commitment to protecting america's security and preserving america's highest ideals, we are pleased and proud centennialthe 2013 institute service award to leon panetta. toould like to ask alan gary join me at the podium and also secretary hegel. [applause] >> have a seat. thank you very much. this is really a great honor, a wonderful honor from a wonderful group on this 100th anniversary. i cannot tell you
panetta, who served president nixon, president clinton, and president obama. he does not be old orient to -- bend or yield to cynicism. he is faithful to his job and to sound governance. thend his wife have created panetta institute at stanford and are now devoted to teaching the next generation that public service is a high calling, that civility and integrity matter in democracy. an organization committed to protecting america's securities, we can think of no better on a noree honoring the --...
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circuit that president obama has put forward. republicans refuse to give them an up-or-down vote, a simple yes or no vote. republicans simply don't want president bush to make any appointments at all to this final court, none, zero. further, only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. 230-plus years, three, last four and a half years, 20. that's not fair. with one out of every ten federal judgeships vacant, millions of americans will rely on courts that are overworked and understaffed are being denied the justice they rightly deserve. mr. president, more than half of the nation's population lives in parts of the country that have been declared a judicial emergency. no one has worked harder than the presiding officer to move judges. the presiding officer is the chairman also of the judiciary committee. no one knows the problem more than the presiding officer. mr. president, the american people are fed up w
circuit that president obama has put forward. republicans refuse to give them an up-or-down vote, a simple yes or no vote. republicans simply don't want president bush to make any appointments at all to this final court, none, zero. further, only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. 230-plus years, three, last four and a half years, 20. that's not fair. with one out...
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they supported president bush but not president obama. shame on you. that's wrong. president obama has fulfilled its constitutional role by nominating three eminently qualified nominees to fill the seats. the seats that were filled during president bush's tenure when the caseload was lowered. don't give me balderdash. let's deal with reality. let's judge each nominee based on his or her qualifications and not hide behind something to actually sing what most americans can see through. the republican caucus continued to abuse the filibuster rule and struck the president nominees in the d.c. circuit and i believe this body would need to consider whether a rules change should be in order. it is not a change that i have wanted to see happen but if republican senators want to hold nominations hostage without consideration of the nominees individual merit drastic measures may be warranted. i hope it doesn't come to that. i hope the same senators who stepped forward and broke our compromise when republicans shut down the government will decide to put politics aside and vote
they supported president bush but not president obama. shame on you. that's wrong. president obama has fulfilled its constitutional role by nominating three eminently qualified nominees to fill the seats. the seats that were filled during president bush's tenure when the caseload was lowered. don't give me balderdash. let's deal with reality. let's judge each nominee based on his or her qualifications and not hide behind something to actually sing what most americans can see through. the...
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that began with the obama administration's record so far. how would you grade it? guest: pretty good, but incomplete. certainly, what the administration has done on health standards has been important in performing the -- improving the informants of our utilities and protecting our air improving the of our utilities and protecting our air and water. we also have to recognize the president's leadership in supporting efficiency standards for automobiles that will simultaneously save significant amounts of oil over the next couple of decades, and also reduce renounce gash -- gas emissions. the standards will raise fuel economy to 55.4 miles per gallon. by itself, that will cut greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. by 10%. those are things we are excited about. is piece that is undecided whether or not the administration will adopt a supply-side strategy to their climate land. -- plan. right now you have an energy policy that is often undermining the president's climate goals. when you talk -- here the president talk about exporting, that sets us further back from where
that began with the obama administration's record so far. how would you grade it? guest: pretty good, but incomplete. certainly, what the administration has done on health standards has been important in performing the -- improving the informants of our utilities and protecting our air improving the of our utilities and protecting our air and water. we also have to recognize the president's leadership in supporting efficiency standards for automobiles that will simultaneously save significant...
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again, i get back to obama care. can you imagine any website out there in the -- we all have their problems. but if you had to undertake this. can you imagine apple rolling out the next product and have this happen? do you think the ceo would be there very long? this is what happens when government says we know better. doesn't mean there didn't need to be reforms, there did. but to take on everything, i think, is a case for why big government in washington does not work and the future can be brighter and better in a different model. >> we look forward to have you back. thank you very much. >> delighted to do it. thank you all. >> next on c-span, a look at the future with john kerry flowed by a panel discussion of former secretary of state, hillary clinton, and former first lady, laura bush. and later a panel with usaid administrator and the african ambassador to the united nations. on the next washington journal, we'll disz national security threats and jay johnson, the nominee for homeland security secretary. our gu
again, i get back to obama care. can you imagine any website out there in the -- we all have their problems. but if you had to undertake this. can you imagine apple rolling out the next product and have this happen? do you think the ceo would be there very long? this is what happens when government says we know better. doesn't mean there didn't need to be reforms, there did. but to take on everything, i think, is a case for why big government in washington does not work and the future can be...
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the enrollment numbers for the first month of obama care have come out. they are not very good. 27,000 people were not and rolled but tried to choose a health plan. how worried are you about this? no surpriseit is this has been an on acceptable situation. you have a website that is not working at a time when people actually do one assign up and and get their healthcare this way. the numbers we saw were, i think, about 27,000 from the federal state and better from the state site and 975,000 people who have actually completed their applications and are ready to shop for their plan. the president has pledged to change this. he must. one of our minnesota yuppies is leading the way to try to fix it which i am glad about and i am very hopeful that these significant improvements will be made so people can sign up. to step back a minute, people remember originally that this idea of the exchange was a bipartisan idea. the health care bill itself was not at this idea was. it came out of the simple notion that individuals and small businesses should be able to so th
the enrollment numbers for the first month of obama care have come out. they are not very good. 27,000 people were not and rolled but tried to choose a health plan. how worried are you about this? no surpriseit is this has been an on acceptable situation. you have a website that is not working at a time when people actually do one assign up and and get their healthcare this way. the numbers we saw were, i think, about 27,000 from the federal state and better from the state site and 975,000...
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the obama rollout apparently last senior oversight for most, , and hhs federal cto cio. take from this >> clearly, those were best practices. what we did, that was a report we did where we always report on failures. we went to 10 agencies and asked them for a success story. there are seven successful acquisitions in there and we asked why they are successful. none of that is a surprise. it is defining your projects right up front and putting the right people in charge. good communications with contractors and managing best practices throughout the lifecycle. it is something everyone at the table knows needs to be done on successful acquisitions. where weman, i think look at the acquisition process on the whole bit, that is fine and will be helpful. a lot of this just gets down to solid governance and good management and the right attention on these projects. that is what the practices really highlight. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i would like to yield the rest of my time to mr. meadows. thank you. >> recognize. >> i think the gentleman from michigan and i have a question
the obama rollout apparently last senior oversight for most, , and hhs federal cto cio. take from this >> clearly, those were best practices. what we did, that was a report we did where we always report on failures. we went to 10 agencies and asked them for a success story. there are seven successful acquisitions in there and we asked why they are successful. none of that is a surprise. it is defining your projects right up front and putting the right people in charge. good communications...
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. >> he's meeting with president obama today. >> i think i agree with just about everything you said. i'm not sure about the sons of iraq. i would be surprised. other than that, i happen to i joined ayou and bipartisan letter with minute does, mccain and others to urge the president to make those points. i basically agree with you. also in terms of the failure of the iraqi government to protect the christian minority, to protect the people at camp liberty, for instance, whether of iraq isgovernment the perpetrator of that horrific not carry outdid that mission if it was to protect that came. the christian minority in iraq is very, very fragile and the relationship to the sunni, if it is what you say, in terms of relationship, allowing the iranians to overfly is so totallysad terrible. nonetheless, he has a lot to talk about and if they want certain kinds of weapons, there's a lot of skepticism about providing any types of weapons if there are to be a doing an to basically number of things differently and making sure that those weapons are not put to the years that we could never suppo
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barack obama 201-2209 districts mitt romney 226. one of the reasons you have a republican majority in the house is demography the way americans have spread themselves around the country into the resulting political gridlock. so that is built into the system from surges toward migration by james madison in the other men who signed the constitution whose set up separate branches of government to say the president runs the government the congressman said but i thought that imply a is duty of consultation between the different bridges of government. but the conflict is there it is sewn into the system with the two parties competing pretty closely i think we can look forward to more of the same. so with that a an article in "the wall street journal" the opinion page i will conclude this talk and ask for your comments and suggestions. thank you very much. [applause] >> i think your remarks to leap with the political landscape into perspective we will now open the dialogue so please use the microphone if you have the question. do we have a
barack obama 201-2209 districts mitt romney 226. one of the reasons you have a republican majority in the house is demography the way americans have spread themselves around the country into the resulting political gridlock. so that is built into the system from surges toward migration by james madison in the other men who signed the constitution whose set up separate branches of government to say the president runs the government the congressman said but i thought that imply a is duty of...
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mayors in small towns all the way up to president obama. they're working with the foreign commercial service that we must organize dedicated investment teams led by our capable ambassadors and our staff and we will actively encourage job investment in the united states as a core priority. our diplomats put a huge role in helping businesses succeed. one of ambassadors lebanon tends average to encourage texas startups to come to the united states. the auto industries making a remarkable comeback. all over the world, working hard to help businesses meet their goal. the state department is engaged with a new level of intensity and focus because of the nature of the global marketplace. we believe we can do more and we will do more. starting at 32 markets that represent 90% of all of the investment that comes here. what does that mean for business leaders like you? it means you will have a single point of contact to connect your company with our markets and investors and the economic development organizations who are here to help you and your bus
mayors in small towns all the way up to president obama. they're working with the foreign commercial service that we must organize dedicated investment teams led by our capable ambassadors and our staff and we will actively encourage job investment in the united states as a core priority. our diplomats put a huge role in helping businesses succeed. one of ambassadors lebanon tends average to encourage texas startups to come to the united states. the auto industries making a remarkable comeback....
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i think you have seen a real change from where we were when the obama administration came in, a time when this shortage view was really there, and if you go forward now, and i have found myself looking at his state of the union address, where he did not talk about oil and national gas at the beginning, and now he talks about and all of the above energy policy area everything -- policy. it reflects that he went to cushing, and a focus on jobs that are a result of this developing. it is a shift and it reflects the way our energy picture has changed rather dramatically from what would have been expected a half decade ago. host: the president, just last week, was pitching the u.s. economy to foreign investors, saying companies are moving here and more should move here because energy prices will be lower. really interesting. during the government shutdown, he gave a press conference and he said our oil and gas production is greater than that of russia, and he said some good things are happening. i was at that press conference that the department of commerce put on, and we have gained from
i think you have seen a real change from where we were when the obama administration came in, a time when this shortage view was really there, and if you go forward now, and i have found myself looking at his state of the union address, where he did not talk about oil and national gas at the beginning, and now he talks about and all of the above energy policy area everything -- policy. it reflects that he went to cushing, and a focus on jobs that are a result of this developing. it is a shift...
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obama spoke about ending the war in afghanistan. paid honor to richard overton. this is just under an hour. [bells] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [taps] ♪ america the beautiful ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen,please welcome major general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general, united states army. [applause] mr. patrick hallinan, national cemeteries director. [applause] mr. harold fritz, national president for the congressional medal honor society for the united states of america. [applause] and the honorable eric k. shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] ♪ [ hail to the chief ] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing, please place your hand over your heart, or render the salute. ♪ ♪ please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans. delivered by the department of chaplainaffairs service. >> let us pray. oh god, i am an american veteran, and ever with your grace and your strength to guide me, i have sacrificed for you and country. and you have made my heritage lon
obama spoke about ending the war in afghanistan. paid honor to richard overton. this is just under an hour. [bells] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [taps] ♪ america the beautiful ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen,please welcome major general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general, united states army. [applause] mr. patrick hallinan, national cemeteries director. [applause] mr. harold fritz, national president for the congressional medal honor society for the united states of america....
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there's a statue of president obama. personal selling president obama has devoted his 40% of the population, 35% of the population are back in the matter but he does. when jimmy kimmel asks the average obama voter whether they support all of mitt romney's physicians and they say yes they think they are obama's positions. that demonstrates how little folks think about this stuff. that's a problem for american democracy with the bad people set of policies. it is our obligation as voters to get more informed about this, especially the dangers we face in the world. >> host: ben shapiro, either closeted conservatives working behind the scenes? >> guest: yes, absolutely. they are discriminated against when they come out. it is much harder to be conservative hollywood to make a person in hollywood. there's still some latent racism, but not a lot of. there is tremendous anti-conservative sentiment. it was interesting. i remember when i wrote "primetime propaganda," one of the folks i talked to, patty was talking to me and i said
there's a statue of president obama. personal selling president obama has devoted his 40% of the population, 35% of the population are back in the matter but he does. when jimmy kimmel asks the average obama voter whether they support all of mitt romney's physicians and they say yes they think they are obama's positions. that demonstrates how little folks think about this stuff. that's a problem for american democracy with the bad people set of policies. it is our obligation as voters to get...
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out of those, gary miller put himself in a political wrestled with a 57% obama seat. i would be -- >> explain the circumstances how republican won a seat president obama got 57 visit of the vote in. >> it is the top two primary election in 2012 meaning the top two finishers of the june primary ballot advance the election. gary miller and another republican state senator with the top two finishers with 25% of the vote. four democratic candidates split the next slot and alan those republicans to advantage democratic district that they would pick up otherwise in the 2012 election. i would be -- jet denim and david bell does are different because they are in central valley district, culturally more conservative and democrats have a lot more ground to make up. even in 2012 when wet t-notes turnout was higher than it has ever been those two were still able to win those seats by pretty significant margins so in 2014 when latino turnout is likely to go down as share of the overall electorate i don't know how democrats make up that difference but we still think there are going
out of those, gary miller put himself in a political wrestled with a 57% obama seat. i would be -- >> explain the circumstances how republican won a seat president obama got 57 visit of the vote in. >> it is the top two primary election in 2012 meaning the top two finishers of the june primary ballot advance the election. gary miller and another republican state senator with the top two finishers with 25% of the vote. four democratic candidates split the next slot and alan those...
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probably the most often repeated promise that barack obama made in his five years as president. and yet the president's finally acknowledging that promise will not be kept to millions of americans who are losing the good plans they like. they kept saying they didn't know this was going to happen, by the way, mr. speaker, because back in 2010 the administration had a report that said over 60% of private plans would be canceled under the president's health care law. i have seen it myself in my district. i've got chris from covington, aaron from sly deltha have gotten letters saying they are going to lose the plans they have because the president's health care law. the president's answer was it was a lousy plan. mr. speaker, it was not a lousy plan for chris or aaron or the millions of americans that are losing their plans. they liked their plan. some washington politician shouldn't be able to say, i don't think it's good enough so i'm going to take it from you, even though it's right for your family. let's put patients and doctors back in charge of these decisions. let's empower h
probably the most often repeated promise that barack obama made in his five years as president. and yet the president's finally acknowledging that promise will not be kept to millions of americans who are losing the good plans they like. they kept saying they didn't know this was going to happen, by the way, mr. speaker, because back in 2010 the administration had a report that said over 60% of private plans would be canceled under the president's health care law. i have seen it myself in my...
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all in a state where president obama won 58% of the votes a year ago. a lot of questions about the future of the republican party. how did you do it? >> well, i think the first thing is you do your job. you know, i often think that folks make political leadership too complicated. what people expect you to do is do your job. first and foremost. i think the folks in new jersey republican -- you can't go six months before the election. we started working with those groups giving them a serious seat at the table. knowing that they weren't always going agree with our policies but listened to. i think that was a very important part of the victory as well. the last piece i would say that campaigns still do matter. and so i was fortunate to have an outstanding campaign team that worked with me for the last five years. it they knew me. these are not folks who parachuted in from washington or someplace else or ideas about me. they knew me, my voice, what i would be willing to do and not willing to do. >> you have become a national figure in the last four years. t
all in a state where president obama won 58% of the votes a year ago. a lot of questions about the future of the republican party. how did you do it? >> well, i think the first thing is you do your job. you know, i often think that folks make political leadership too complicated. what people expect you to do is do your job. first and foremost. i think the folks in new jersey republican -- you can't go six months before the election. we started working with those groups giving them a...